Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Roll a Jack-O-Lantern: Braille Halloween Game By Sarah Dalby Mason This Roll a Jack-O-Lantern Halloween game is a fun holiday activity for braille readers!
	Braille Design of Halloween Witch By Edith West Braille users will love this braille drawing of a scary Halloween witch!
	Concept Flashcards: Tactile Images and Braille Labels By Liz Eagan These concept cards can be used to match the real object to the tactile image and braille label or to sort into categories with students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Apple Braille Design By Edith West Make your own braille drawing of an apple following these step-by-step instructions.
	Sorting & Folding Socks Video By Dwila Nixon Step-by-step instructions with video demonstration of how to fold and sort socks if you are blind or visually impaired
	Audio Recordings of Braille Patterns By Charlotte Cushman Braille readers will enjoy being able to independently create braille drawings following the audio recordings of these braille designs.
	Ideas for Helping Students with Multiple Disabilities Including Deafblindness Wear Masks and Face Coverings By Katy Ring These Ideas are designed to encourage children with multiple disabilities Including deafblindness to wear masks and face coverings.
	Tactile Signage Activity for Dual Media Student By AT Neal In this activity, dual media students match braille labels to the print text on signs.
	Braille Design: Piece of Birthday Cake By Edith West Make your own braille drawing of a slice of birthday cake, following these steps.
	Loading and Removing Paper from the Perkins Brailler: Video Demonstration By Dwila Nixon This video demonstration teaches parts of the brailler, and shows step-by-step how to load and remove paper from a Perkins braillewriter.
	Tareas de Trabajo Independiente para Lectores de Braille Principiantes By Liamsmom Tareas de trabajo independiente para lectores de braille principiantes
	Tactile Flower: Making a Bridge to Tactile Images By Liz Eagan This simple activity for students with visual impairments or multiple disabilities helps to make the bridge from real objects to tactile images.
	Missing Daddy: An Experience Story About a Difficult Topic By Kathi Garza Not all experience or social stories have to be about happy things! Sometimes telling those hard stories can help our children process through their feelings and can provide language to support them.
	Experience Story with a Social Theme By erin32573 Experience stories can be used to help children with visual impairments, deafblindness or multiple disabilities to process emotions and anticipate what will happen.
	Joseph's Bath Book: An Object Book for Early Literacy By Charlotte Cushman In the early stages of literacy, real objects can be attached to each page, so that children who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or with multiple disabilities can explore each item.
	Make Your Own Baggie Experience Book By Doreen Bohm Baggie Experience Books are a great way to help young children or learners with deafblindness or multiple disabilities to make the transition from real objects to beginning literacy.
	Tying Shoelaces: Task Analysis By Dwila Nixon Shoelace Tying is broken down into small steps below, and is demonstrated in the video, to provide clear step-by-step directions to teach this skill.
	Alphabet Soup and Braille Muffins By Regina Quaid This early literacy activity reinforces initial letter sounds in a fun and playful way for beginning braille readers.
	Texture Walk for Sensory Exploration By Liz Eagan Attach different textures and fabrics to a foam puzzle floor play mat for learners to walk on with bare feet or touch with their hands
	Making "Out of the Dust" Accessible to Students with Visual Impairment By donniej502 "Out of the Dust" is a novel based on the Dust Bowl. Adapt the story for students with visual impairments using a storybox, tactile symbols, picture symbols, or a talking book.